来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第3集 第3集》

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  So the ephebes were those boys who were between
  Ephebe是指年纪在16或17岁
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  the age of maybe 16 or 17 and 20 or 22.
  到20或22岁之间的男子
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  You would march together in a parade in town.
  他们一起在城里的游行中行军
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  You would go on military training perhaps together.
  也可能一起接受军事训练
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  You would also engage in sports together,
  他们将一起参与体育竞技
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  and you would develop a camaraderie because you were expected then
  建立同袍之谊 因为他们
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  to be the fighting force for your city, your city-state.
  将一起为他们的城邦而战斗
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  So the ephebate, or the ephebeia,
  所以 ephebate或者说ephebeia
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  was this institution that every boy had to go through
  是每个男孩成为一个合格的公民
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  in order then to be a full citizen of a city.
  所必须参与的活动
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  You have this political structure in your handout.
  你们讲义中还列有这些政治组织结构
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  The first political structure is the demos.
  第一层政治结构是demos